A new way to insulate homes is coming to Columbia. Greg and Joan Dyer are building their new house using prefabricated straw insulation. Using straw to insulate a home reduces its carbon footprint, as ...

Using straw instead of typical insulation materials reduces a house’s carbon footprint, because straw absorbs carbon instead of emitting it. It's also highly energy efficient, can be sourced locally ...

LAKE CITY — Pink isn’t the color of the insulation in the home that Paul and Sara Freid are building in Goodhue County. It’s golden, like the hue of grain fields at harvest time, because the ...

EASTHAMPTON — When Easthampton builder Greg Bossie was looking for environmentally friendly ways to insulate the houses he constructs, he harkened back centuries to when people stayed warm by tucking ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. ­— Traditional forms of thermal insulation used to regulate temperatures in homes and commercials buildings are often energy-intensive to manufacture, resulting in significant greenhouse ...

The utilisation of straw bales in construction has attracted growing interest as a sustainable alternative to conventional building materials. Straw bale construction integrates agricultural ...

LAKE CITY — Pink isn’t the color of the insulation in the home that Paul and Sara Freid are building in Goodhue County. It’s golden, like the hue of grain fields at harvest time, because the ...

New Frameworks, an Essex Junction company that makes homes insulated with tightly packed straw, has started creating modular kits that can be assembled at building sites. The small, all-electric homes ...

The idea of a straw building might bring to mind a medieval homestead, or perhaps the fairy-tale dwelling of The Three Little Pigs. Used since the 19th century—typically as a rural, rustic building ...

The Dyers' house is under construction near Cooper's landing, where they have an organic apple orchard and flower farm. Joan and Greg Dyer will soon have the first house in Missouri built with ...